Nut Brown Ale
Black Oak Brewing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Brown Ale Regular|
Score
6.47
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This is a darker offering from Black Oak. Rich smooth taste, slightly roasty and chocolaty. It’s a bit less hopped, but still has a fantastic balance with the malt.
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3.9/10
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Appearance 3
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 17
Really a nice brewing accomplishment. Mild chocolate, coffee and a forest floor mustiness on the nose. A brown opaque body with a light white head. This is a really tasty, balance and smooth brown ale. The taste profile features slightly roasted malt, nuts, a slight creaminess, a touch of lush dark fruit, some woodiness and a hint of vanilla. Really light on the hops, but it really works well. Fresh tastes perfectly blended.
Tried
on 23 Sep 2025
at 20:03
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
dark borwn pour, thin head. great nutty flavour, one of the better ones available in Ontario
Tried
on 27 Feb 2025
at 05:31
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at C’est What. Pours rubescent brown. Nutty, biscuit, light chocolate, light berry, little hint of sulfur. Medium body. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jul 2022
at 05:12
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at the brewery. Ruby brown with a nutty sweet aroma. Medium bodied with a nutty flavor and somewhat bitter but balanced character. Very nutty but not overly sweet as this style often is. Top knotch, best of the flight. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Aug 2018
at 13:27
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Deep mahogany color with thin white head. Minerally nose, sour start with chocolate, toffee and slight nuttiness. Dry malty, light chocolately finish.
Tried
on 19 Aug 2017
at 21:01
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From tap. Pours clear and golden amber to brown with a small tan head. Toasted smooth roasted. Breadish and roasted malty. Lingering dark malty. Caramelish malty finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Feb 2017
at 09:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle - Hazelnut and caramel with some toasted notes. Clear dark brown with a light beige head. Toasted malts and hazelnut, finishes with a nice sweetness. Not an exciting style but a good example.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2014
at 14:21
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from The Beer Store. Pours a very clear dark brown with a small off white head. Nose is roasted malts and brown sugar with some nuts. Taste is quite sweet with malts and nuts dominant and a hint of molasses and honey. Mouth is medium slick with soft carbonation. Finish is quite dry but not bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2014
at 20:11
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Has a bit of oaky bitterness. Smells a little of roast malt but taste is basically watery. Smell is light, body is light. Probably the weakest beer I’ve had from a usually good brewery. Small bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2012
at 08:24
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7
Purchased in Toronto at a LCBO. Part 1 of 3 dark brown beers that are tested. This one pours a clean brown colour that light can be seen through. Good beige creamy head with high retention and excellent thick and creamy lacing. The aromas are of dark malt, molasse, nut, wood and some dark fruits. As the brew breaths, some chocolat scent also appears. The mouthfeel is rather watery though, so this can make a good session dark ale. Taste is like the nose, but with some light burnt wood in the aftertaste. Quite refreshing for a nut brown.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Mar 2010
at 16:57